Sentences with phrase «means going against the grain»

It may be tough to fade the Warriors given their recent dominance, but being a successful contrarian bettor often means going against the grain and selling on good news.

Contrarian betting means going against the grain and buying on bad news, which includes backing the perennial cellar dwellers and fading the league's top teams.

Not exact matches

He added: «However, many Christians do feel marginalised, and they are meant to... the Bible tells us regularly that our faith will go against the grain, that we'll suffer for being a Christian.

You are going to «slice against the grain,» which means positioning your knife blade perpendicular to the direction of the fibers, into 2» - wide pieces.

Sportsbooks are now shading their lines towards American League teams based on public perception, which means this could be an excellent opportunity to go against the grain and buy low on NL teams — especially in games with low totals.

That means contrarian bettors can often get free points by simply going against the grain and fading the public.

As leader, Tim must unite this spectrum in the eyes of the electorate, with a clear coherent message about our values, even if it means occasionally being counterintuitive to his own views and having to go against the grain of populism.

Ok I know it's fall and that usually means sweaters, scarves, coats and tons of layers but maybe for just this once (or maybe a few times more to come) I want to go against the grain and go back to my old time favs... neon, open toe sandals, graphic tees and light wash jeans!

While sticking to standard word counts is definitely important from a sales or marketing standpoint, a greater pool of publishing options means that writers do not need to view «the rules» as entirely rigid and unbendable — especially when going against the grain ultimately serves the story.

It is not just that he has stubbornly gone against the grain, but that he uses modernist means like automatism to arrive at what has been deemed impossible to accomplish, a syncretic vision.

Being cool doesn't mean that you need to go against the grain and turn your law practice into something that resembles Google's headquarters but it does mean doing things a little differently than you are used to.

(Meaning - do not going against the grain) The mineral spirits on the rag will remove some of the Dark Wax - but it won't restore the piece as it was before you applied the Dark Wax.